Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > Great, another packager that thinks it's OK to put things in > /usr/local. Paul Almquist wrote: > What are your thoughts on where it should be placed? According to the > File system Hierarchy Standard 2.3 (http://www.pathname.com/fhs) it seems > there are 2 possibilities: > > /usr/local : Local hierarchy <snip> > or > =============== > /opt : Add-on application software packages <snip> Then there's Red Hat's traditional approach. See, for example, the end of http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-6.1-Manual/ref-guide/ch-sysadmin.html Briefly, RPM-installed software should go in /usr (and /var etc.), and other software should go in /usr/local. # Since system upgrades from Red Hat are done safely with the RPM system # and Gnome-RPM , you don't need to protect files by putting them in # /usr/local. RPMs may get automatically installed. An RPM that puts stuff in /usr/local is liable to over-write stuff that was put there some other way, without the administrator being particularly aware that this happened. /opt is left for the sysadmin to use as she or he wishes. James. -- E-mail address: james | "Bill Gates' School Report": @westexe.demon.co.uk | Every time you ask him to do something, he breaks down, | starts again, freezes, and then starts again. | -- "I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue", BBC Radio 4
